Rent collection
Track invoices, balances, and payment follow-up across every property.
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Operations command center
A structured workspace for billing, inspections, tenants, staff, and records.
Track invoices, balances, and payment follow-up across every property.
Record checks, issues, and action items from routine property visits.
Keep occupancy, contacts, and tenant history clean and searchable.
Assign precise permissions for managers, office staff, and accountants.
Workspace overview
Essential modules at a glance
Roles
Access
Rent
Billing
Water
Meters
Checks
Status
Permissions
Role based
Workflows
Documented
Records
Auditable
Start
KES 0
Popular
Ksh 3,000
Growth
Ksh 6,500
Scale
Custom
EstateDesk provides property management software and operational workflows for landlords, property managers, real estate agencies, caretakers, and tenants. The platform is designed to help rental teams manage the work that happens every day: tenant records, lease records, rent tracking, water billing, vacancies, maintenance requests, inspections, staff access, reporting, and communication.
These services are especially useful for teams in Kenya, East Africa, Dubai, the UAE, and remote landlord markets where property operations often depend on many people. A landlord may need to see balances and vacancies. A property manager may need to follow rent and inspections. A caretaker may need to report issues. A tenant may need a clearer path for maintenance or available homes. EstateDesk connects these workflows so the record does not live in separate spreadsheets, notebooks, receipts, and message threads.
The result is a more searchable, accountable, and professional operating system for rental property. Teams can start with basic property and tenant records, then grow into rent tracking, water billing, issue management, caretaker assignments, inspections, reports, public vacancies, data exports, and guided onboarding for larger organizations.
EstateDesk is the Kenya-first property management system for portfolios that outgrew spreadsheets: properties, units, tenants, leases, M-Pesa rent, water, accounting, KRA eTIMS-ready receipts, vacancies, caretakers, and staff roles in one product that foreign PMS tools rarely match for local ops.
Learn moreTenant management keeps profiles, contacts, leases, occupancy, balances, movement history, notices, and operational notes connected to the right property and unit—searchable for renewals, move-outs, and tribunal pack exports.
Learn moreM-Pesa STK, paybill, multi-bank rails, combined period bills, service-before-rent allocation, payment verification, and unpaid tenant follow-up—so collections match how Kenyan tenants pay.
Learn moreReadings, tenant water charges, balances, and caretaker offline queues with photo evidence and background sync when basement connectivity returns.
Learn moreTaxpayer profiles, rental returns, eTIMS-shaped receipts on verified payments, OAuth sales submission when credentials are set, and webhook status at /api/webhooks/kra-etims.
Learn morePublic vacancy discovery ranked by location and category so tenants find houses, apartments, bedsitters, shops, and offices on Google—without a separate marketing website.
Learn moreDouble-entry GL, cash position, AR/AP aging, books health, budgets, and owner distributions for accountants and remote landlords who need real books—not a payment export only.
Learn moreIssue SLAs, caretaker assignment, inspections, printable work orders, and evidence trails so repairs do not disappear into WhatsApp threads.
Learn moreEstateDesk helps teams replace scattered rental records with one online system for tenants, rent, water bills, vacancies, maintenance, inspections, staff access, and reports.
Property management content should answer real operational questions, not just list features. Landlords want to know how rent follow-up works when a tenant pays late. Managers want to know how caretaker readings become tenant bills. Tenants want to know how maintenance requests are tracked after submission. EstateDesk public pages are written around those practical workflows so search engines and readers find useful depth instead of shallow marketing copy.
Search intent for rental software often mixes geography, role, and workflow. One visitor may search for property management software in Kenya, another for landlord software, another for rent tracking, and another for water billing. EstateDesk uses dedicated public pages for each intent, then links them together through services, FAQ, markets, and homepage guides so the site builds topical authority across the full rental operations journey.
Content depth also means explaining how records connect. A lease connects to a tenant and unit. Rent connects to balances and payment history. Water billing connects to readings and move-out review. Issues connect to caretakers and inspections. Vacancies connect to public discovery. When those connections are described clearly, the site becomes more useful for humans and easier for search systems to understand what EstateDesk actually does.
A property manager opens the dashboard, filters unpaid tenants, reviews balances beside lease and water records, sends reminders, and records payments without rebuilding a spreadsheet for every building.
A caretaker records a meter reading in the field, the office reviews it, approves the charge, and the tenant sees the updated balance in the same workflow that already holds rent and occupancy history.
A tenant submits a maintenance request, the office assigns a caretaker, status updates stay visible, and the landlord can review the full issue trail instead of relying on chat screenshots alone.
A vacant unit is published on public vacancy pages, tenants discover it by location and unit type, and the managing office receives enquiries with clearer context about the property and availability.
During a move-out, the team reviews rent balance, water charges, inspection notes, and issue history together so clearance decisions are based on searchable records rather than scattered files.
A diaspora or remote owner signs in, reviews occupancy, balances, open issues, and recent activity online, and follows up with the local team using the same operational record set.
Rent records live in notebooks, receipts, and separate Excel files.
EstateDesk connects rent charges, payments, balances, and tenant context in one searchable workspace.
Water billing is calculated separately from rent and hard to audit later.
Readings, tenant water charges, billing history, and balances stay tied to the unit and tenant record.
Maintenance requests disappear into WhatsApp threads.
Issues are logged, assigned, updated, and reviewed with status history that managers and landlords can search.
Vacant units are announced inconsistently across calls and social posts.
Public vacancy pages give tenants a structured way to discover available units by location and property type.
Staff handovers lose context when notebooks or spreadsheets change hands.
Role-aware access and centralized records make tenant, lease, billing, and issue history easier to continue.
Owners cannot verify what the local team did without manual summaries.
Reports, notifications, inspections, and activity records create a clearer online view of daily operations.
Deep guide for Kenyan landlords, agencies, caretakers, rent tracking, water billing, vacancies, and inspections.
How individual landlords organize tenants, leases, balances, vacancies, maintenance, and portfolio reporting.
Structured rent charges, payment records, unpaid tenant follow-up, and reporting beyond manual spreadsheets.
Meter readings, tenant water charges, billing history, and balance review inside rental operations.
Long-form guides on rent tracking, water billing, caretakers, tenant issues, vacancies, move-outs, and remote landlords.
Long-form answers on pricing, regions, tenant workflows, caretakers, inspections, and rollout questions.
Public listings for apartments, bedsitters, shops, offices, and other rental spaces by location.